Name: Pig’s cheeks, turnip purée, pickled cherries
Total time: 3 h 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: olive oil; 8 pig's cheeks, sinew removed; 1 onion, roughly chopped; 2 bay leaves; 1 stick celery, roughly chopped; 125ml white wine; 200ml apple juice; 200ml chicken stock; 3 medium (about 700g) turnips, peeled and roughly chopped; 250ml whole milk; 200g green beans; 4 rashers smoked streaky bacon; 4 tbsp red wine vinegar; 2 tbsp caster sugar; 150g cherries, halved and destoned

olive oil
8 pig's cheeks
sinew removed
1 onion
roughly chopped
2 bay leaves
1 stick celery
roughly chopped
125ml white wine
200ml apple juice
200ml chicken stock
3 medium (about 700g) turnips
peeled and roughly chopped
250ml whole milk
200g green beans
4 rashers smoked streaky bacon

PICKLED CHERRIES

4 tbsp red wine vinegar
2 tbsp caster sugar
150g cherries
halved and destoned

Method

step 1
For the pickled cherries, put the vinegar, sugar and 100ml of water into a pan and bring to the boil. Put the cherries into a bowl, then pour over the liquid. Cover and leave for at least an hour but preferably overnight.
step 2
Heat a splash of olive oil in a large casserole and brown the cheeks, in batches, until golden brown, then remove to a plate. Tip in the onion, bay, celery and wine, and bubble for a few minutes, scraping the bottom of the pan. Add the cheeks back to the pan along with the apple juice and chicken stock, bring to the boil then turn down and simmer, covered, for 3 hours or until very tender.
step 3
Remove the cheeks and keep covered with foil on a plate. Pour the sauce through a fine sieve into a pan and reduce until thick and sticky, then add the cheeks back in. Reheat to serve.
step 4
Put the turnips into a pan and pour over the milk. Bring to boil then simmer and cook for 15 minutes or until very soft. Purée in a food processor with some seasoning, then tip back into a pan and reheat to serve.
step 5
Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Blanch the beans in boiling salted water for 2 minutes, then refresh in iced water. When cool, divide into 4 piles. Wrap each bundle in the streaky bacon rashers and put onto a baking tray. Roast in the oven for 15 minutes or until the bacon is crisp.
step 6
To serve, spoon turnip purée onto the middle of each plate, then add the bacon-wrapped beans and pig’s cheeks with plenty of sauce. Finish by scattering the pickled cherries on top.